Thea glanced at her. “No your hair is fine. Why do you want to change it?”

“I don’t think it’s motherly enough.”

“Motherly? It’s Fine. Your worrying over nothing.”

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“What if he doesn’t like us?” Allyn worried.

“He has already met us.” Dorian relied, now use to Allyn’s constant stream of worrying. “In fact, he told the social worker and the judge, that he wanted to stay with us.”

“What if he hates our house. It’s so small and the foster home has a huge back yard. What if he sees our tiny little house and decided he would rather stay in foster care?”

“Allyn, love, stop worrying. He loves us. Yes, our house is small but we’ll get something bigger. Just as soon as some more homes are built. I highly doubt that he will want to go back to foster care because we don’t have a backyard.”

Of course Dorian was right. She knew that she was worrying unnecessarily. The adoption was finalized already. He was their son. Yet, she couldn’t help but worry. She couldn’t sit still, any longer, so she rose from the couch and started to clean. Again. For the third time.

She had just settled on the couch with a book, when she heard a car stop in front of the house. She froze, the moment she had been waiting for was finally here and she couldn’t seem to remember how to mover her limbs

Dorian was the first one off the couch and out the door. Allyn got up more slowly using the time to put the book away and gather her emotions.

“Welcome Home, Cephus.” Dorian partially yelled emotionally.

Allyn didn’t make it outside. Cephus came running into the house to her and reached up for a hug.

“Mommy, I’m home.” He said into her ear.

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Allyn was surprised by how quickly and completely Cephus took over their lives. She couldn’t remember what the house had been like before he arrived. Nigthly, she spoke to Maria and they shared the joys of motherhood.

Maria had kept her family away from the Kauker house in order to give them time to bond with their new son. Allyn had told Cephus all about the Flores-Tyson family and he had been begging her to invite them over so he could play with their son, Jose.

While Maria and Allyn were chatting, the children were introducing themselves. Teresa was unimpressed by Cephus and headed into the house. Cephus walked over to greet Jose.

The boys hit if off immediately.

They even found enough space outside to play tag. Dorian and Kenneth kept a watchful eye on them just in case a car came by. Which was unlikely but the wanted the boys to be safe.

They let the boys wear themselves out before Maria and Kenneth decided to head home. But first they had to promise that Cephus could come over to the Flores-Tyson house the next day.

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The Kaukers are one of my non-playable families. But I had already had Allyn call the adoption agency at the end of their play session last round and had already decided to do an update about it. The Kaukers will become important later on this round. That’s the only hint I am giving.

I think Jose and Cephus are going to be the best of friends. They really did hit it off and both had friends wants for each.

I love the read bedtime story interaction. I don’t use it that often because it doesn’t do much but make great pictures

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I would probably use the bedtime story interaction a bit more if the Sim could sit on the side of the bed, or on a chair placed next to the bed. That would be really cute!

Anyway, it’s so sweet that Allyn was so nervous about Cephus’s arrival. Just the fact that she was so worried shows that she’s going to do everything she can to make his transition easy. I think she and Dorian will be great parents for Cephus.

I agree. The bedtime story interaction would have been better if they could sit on the bed or a chair. I don’t like the fact that the kid has to be already sleep in order to use the interaction. What’s the point of reading a bedtime story to an already sleeping child?